Scholars

Lavy, Sarel

Professor

Positions:

Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems and Design, School of Architecture
Professor, Construction Science, School of Architecture

Research Areas:

Sustainability, Facility management, Education, Higher, Engineering economy, Buildings--Maintenance--Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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lsarel@tamu.edu

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ORCID

0000-0003-4319-387X

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Sustainability, Facility management, Education, Higher, Engineering economy, Buildings--Maintenance--Management

overview

Dr. Lavy is interested in facility management in the healthcare and education sector, construction engineering, maintenance, performance, life cycle cost techniques, and quantitative methods in facility management.

education and training

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - (Haifa, Israel) 2006
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - (Haifa, Israel) 2002
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - (Haifa, Israel) 1999

selected publications

Academic Articles49

Venkatraj, V., Dixit, M. K., Yan, W., & Lavy, S. (2020). Evaluating the impact of operating energy reduction measures on embodied energy. ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. 226(Buildings 9 1 2019), 110340-110340.

SDG 7 SDG 11 SDG 13
Lavy, S., Daneshpour, E., & Choi, K. (2020). Higher education space management through user-centric data analytics. FACILITIES. 38(3/4), 346-364.
Lavy, S., Hamilton, D. K., Jiang, Y., Kircher, A., Dixit, M. K., & Lee, J. (2019). Hospital Building and Departmental Area Calculation: Comparison of 36 Recent North American Projects.. HERD. 12(4), 174-185.
Rincon, J. L., Fernandez-Solis, J. L., Lavy, S., & Du, J. (2019). Effect of Autonomous Agents on Last Planner System Performance in Texas. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING. 35(1), 04018050.

SDG 8
Lavy, S., Saxena, N., & Dixit, M. (2019). Effects of BIM and COBie Database Facility Management on Work Order Processing Times: Case Study. JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES. 33(6), 04019069.

SDG 11

Chapters2

Lavy, S., Dixit, M., Roper, K. O., & Borello, L. J. (2013). IndustrySpecific Needs. International Facility Management. 141-166. Wiley.
Shohet, I. M., & Lavy, S. (2010). Hard Facilities and Performance Management in Hospitals. Improving Healthcare through Built Environment Infrastructure. 229-248. Wiley.

Conference Papers8

Melgoza, P., Budzise-Weaver, T., Lavy, S., & Kunje, T. (2020). Using Visual Ethnography for Space Studies. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings, 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings.
Shi, Y., Du, J., Lavy, S., & Zhao, D. (2016). A Multiuser Shared Virtual Environment for Facility Management. ICSDEC 2016 - INTEGRATING DATA SCIENCE, CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY. 145, 120-127.

SDG 11
Lavy, S., & Saxena, N (2015). Work order processing times - Does bim make a difference...?. 14th International Conference of IBPSA - Building Simulation 2015, BS 2015, Conference Proceedings. 565-572.
Lavy, S. (2011). A Literature Review on Measuring Building Performance by Using Key performance Indicators. AEI 2011, AEI 2011. 406-417.
Rybkowski, Z. K., Munankami, M., Gottipati, U., Fernndez-Sols, J., & Lavy, S. (2011). Toward an understanding of cost and aesthetics: Impact of cost contraints on aesthetic ranking following Target Value Design exercises. 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2011, IGLC 2011. 392-401.